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Manchester keeps churning out new bands while hanging on to the
glory days

It happens because of an inexplicable synergy between time and
space: a city lives a golden age of music, giving life to a
significant number of artists destined for the musical hall of
fame, in a relatively brief amount of time. While in most places,
the musical muse makes only a temporary stop, she seems to have
taken up permanent residence in Manchester. In fact, while older
stars don't seem to fade (the first album was recently released by
the band Bad Lieutenant which consists of some
members of New Order), the Mancunian music factory
also continues to produce an nonstop string of new talent as well.
These days the buzz is all about the Hurts: a
young indie duo who's synth pop and hair gel scream 1987, who's
first music video looks styled by Helmut Newton, and who arouse
enough hype to set off fireworks.